"in the British, non-holiday-related, sense"
Christmas specials air around Christmas. What is wrong with you?

I think that if they cut all of Jane's contributions of the "We need this to find out who I am!" kind, the show would be about 20 minutes long.

Clearly you're needed in some writing room with your brilliant ideas. So why don't you just GTFO and let someone else recap this show? Last time I checked the reviews were not supposed to be intellectual masturbation, they're supposed to analyse the episodes.

Of course I am. Your arguments explain it so comprehensively.

Let's have the black guy confess to having been a dick in the past (i.e. his only backstory), and then kill him. That sure is a good way to go.

I wish people were just honest with themselves and said "old-timey England" when they have no idea which era they're referring to. The "Oh, is it old and dark? Must be Victorian, then" attitude is killing me.

I was waiting for some kind of acknowledgement that Sembene's servant-like position is just a smoke-screen due to the customs of the era and he's really an equal to the rest of the team, but I've given up. He's the only one who still lacks backstory, he opens doors and cooks deserts, and he wears that stupid uniform…

Well, Frankie asking Brick what he'd do differently was a bit rich. Even though I like the "new" self-confident, cooler Brick, it's so implausible that that is what would actually happen without magic being involved. Brick was constantly neglected at home, has no friends, and suffers from a very flagrant neurotic…

I don't get why Claire was so bothered by Luke getting overlooked when even without an award she still fussed over him and ignored Alex. Or did she think he seriously cared about the school award ceremony?

Exactly.

Well that was a stupid storyline. Obviously you keep a TARDIS when you have space for it. OBVIOUSLY.

You're an idiot.

I have trouble believing that parents so strict with money would buy Eddie all the T-shirts and CDs he has, and even more that he'd have that CD right after it came out. It's not something he really needs (like normal clothes and food), and I doubt they understand his love for the music. For a show that made an entire…

You suck.

I am delighted that the reviewer shares my unchanged, imminent reaction to Desi. He's punchable all right.

I did forget about Booth Jonathan, and you're right - Desi is way worse than him. So much worse. Marnie's inability to learn from her mistakes borders on unbelievable. She not only accepts the next mistake as it rolls towards her, she actively fights for it to happen.

Sheldon knew it. Amy didn't. I thought it was quite a widespread fact, actually. I hate that Edison's famous and the guy who invented the lightbulb isn't. Even I can't remember his name, and (as is evident), I have strong feelings about this shit.

Yes. If Kripke's speech impediment is really unresolvable, he needs to go. The show is insensitive enough already.

You have a point. It's a lazy approach that is irreversible, which is unfortunate for a show that will go on for who knows how long.

The Middle is so realistic sometimes, that it's a bit scary. The moment when Frankie and Mike contemplate how they failed as parents, and then immediately console themselves when Sue says she won't marry Darrin, was just too sad. Because of course they suck as parents (see: Brick), and of course they will jump at any…